MER Primary Care Conferences Internal Medicine for Primary Care Geri Neuro Obesity Oct 02-04, 2026

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+ Target Audience: Internists, Family Medicine Physicians, Geriatricians, Neurologists, Obesity Medicine Specialists, Bariatric Surgeons, Rheumatologists, Physiatrist

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Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Geriatrics/Neurology/Obesity is an exceptional continuing medical education conference organized by Medical Education Resources (MER). Held at the Mar Monte Hotel in Santa Barbara, California, this program is designed to equip office-based primary care clinicians with practical, evidence-based clinical updates across three crucial and high-prevalence domains: geriatrics, neurology, and obesity medicine. Through systematic lectures and clinical reviews, participants will explore modern pharmacotherapy for arthritis and osteoporosis in older adults, diagnostic evaluation of gait disorders and falls, clinical workups for weakness and headache disorders, diagnostic pathways for dementias and movement disorders, management of crystal-induced arthropathies, pathophysiologic and epigenetic mechanisms of obesity, medical and lifestyle obesity treatments, and long-term comprehensive care following bariatric surgery.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this program, participants should be better able to:

• Describe risks and benefits of traditional pharmacologic agents for treating arthritis.

• Discuss interpretation of bone scans and identify risk assessment.

• Assess and manage gait disorders to prevent falls.

• Utilize current evidence to design treatment strategies for gout.

• Utilize history and physical examination to distinguish weakness from non-specific symptoms.

• Describe the differential diagnosis and treatment options for migraine headaches.

• Discuss evidence-based management options for Alzheimer‘s disease.

• Evaluate weakness and recognize cardinal features of Parkinson’s disease as well as other movement disorders.

• Explain the underlying mechanisms and physiological processes that contribute to the development and progression of obesity, including the roles of genetics, hormones, metabolism, and environmental factors.

• Discuss non-surgical obesity treatment options.

• Describe the approach to patient management after bariatric surgery.

• Describe the pathophysiology surrounding obesity and council patients on the various weight management strategies, including patient selection criteria for surgery.

Target Audience

This program is targeted to office-based primary care providers and other health professionals with updates in primary care medicine.

Best for Internists, Family Medicine Physicians, Geriatricians, Neurologists, Obesity Medicine Specialists, Bariatric Surgeons, Rheumatologists, and Physiatrists (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialists).

Topics

• Friday, October 2, 2026

  • Geriatrics: Update in Pharmacology for Arthritis in the Older Adult (Review risks and benefits of traditional NSAIDs and cox-2 inhibitors; analgesics [narcotics and tramadol] and acetaminophen)

  • Geriatrics: Osteoporosis in the Older Adult (Review the epidemiology and pathophysiology of osteoporosis along with interpretation of DEXA scans and FRAX risk assessment; up-to-date therapeutic options)

  • Geriatrics: Geriatric Gait Disorders & Falls (Diagnosing problems associated with gait abnormalities; considering causes and prevention of falls; exercise training, aerobics, balance training, resistance)

  • Neurology: Evaluating Weakness (Using the history and physical examination to distinguish weakness from non-specific symptoms; characteristics of neurological diseases that produce weakness; presentations of representative diseases of the nervous system)

  • Neurology: Headaches & Migraines (Basic headache mechanisms; headache history: characteristics, precipitating factors, medical conditions; migraine: common tension, classic, treatment, complicated, cluster, sinus; trigeminal neuralgia; Giant Cell Arteritis; brain tumor; subarachnoid hemorrhage; emergency room treatment)

• Saturday, October 3, 2026

  • Neurology: Alzheimer’s & Other Dementias (Definition; statistics; neurological changes of normal aging; pathology; etiological theories; vascular dementias; investigations; social issues; symptomatic treatment; research therapies)

  • Neurology: Parkinson’s Disease & Other Movement Disorders (Epidemiology; cardinal features; secondary features; pathology; neurochemistry; differential diagnosis; treatment; complication; other movement disorders; neuroleptic-induced movement disorders; chorea)

  • Geriatrics: Crystal Disease: Gout and Pseudogout in the Older Adult (Properly diagnosing and treating crystal diseases such as gout and pseudogout)

  • Obesity: Pathophysiology of Obesity (A guide to understanding practice demographics and considerations; The what and why of epigenetics; A practical guide to behavioral and medication management)

  • Obesity: Medical Management of Obesity (Overview of obesity as a disease state; Costs to the individual of being obese; Use of appetite suppressant medications and lifestyle modifications)

• Sunday, October 4, 2026

  • Obesity: Patient Management Post-bariatric Surgery (The role of the clinician for support and behavior modification, nutrition, and the stages of patient management post-surgery)

  • Obesity: Guiding Patients in the Medical and Surgical Care of Obesity (Differences in treating obesity vs. other medical conditions, treatments, and procedures; Strategies for better engagement and understanding of patient pathways, perspectives, and team partnership)